Chapter 499 - 492. Surfacing
"Fuck..." one of the espers in the watch tower facing where the advancing squad left before muttered under their breath as they checked the guns once again.
Another esper who had been watching the area through the tower’s binoculars turned and whispered anxiously. "Is this really true? Are they really..."
"Sush--we don’t know," the Guard Division’s Captain, Savis, said quickly to reassure the other espers--but more importantly, to reassure himself. "We just know there’s an emergency, but that doesn’t mean they’re dead or anything."
"But--"
"No," Savis shook his head. "I don’t believe Sir Vaski would be defeated," he said while clenching his fists behind his back. "Not when he’s with Sir Zein."
"...yeah," the esper who was checking the gun nodded. "Yeah, you’re right."
That was what they needed to tell themselves. Because if they truly lost Bassena and Zein, there was no point in continuing this project anymore. There would be no hope of progressing further, even if they put their life on the line.
That being said, it had been fourteen hours after the start of the protocol, and there had been no further news from the advancing team. Naturally, people had been getting more and more tense. While they were watching the border with anxious hearts, the temporary Commander, Ashur Iddina, came to deliver some rations and check in on them.
"Anything to report?"
"No, Sir," the Guard Captain replied without taking his eyes off the monitor. "No movement or alert from the radar."
"Status?"